Chicken-feeding trough



July 14, 1925. 1,546,241

s. KARASUDA CHICKEN FEEDING TROUGH Fi 1ed40ct. .17, 192.4 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 July 14, 1925. 1,546,241

- S. KARAsUDA CHI CKEN FEEDING TROUGH Filed Oct. 17, 1924 y 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gmnntoz (S. Zfardfndda attenant Patented July 14, 1,925.

UNITED STATES PATENT eFH-ce,

sEIsAirr. KaRAsnDa, or Karan, mnanrroev or unweit' CHICKEN-FEEDING TROUGH;

Application lcd October 17, 19724. Serial No. 744,235.

T @ZZ whom t may concern.

Be it. known that I, SnisAKn KARASUDA, a citizen of Japan, residing at Kapaa, in the county of Kauai and Territory of Hawaii,

have invented certain new and useful 'Improvements in Chicken-,Feeding Troughs, of whichV the following is a specification;

This invention relates to-Iimprovements in chicken feeding troughs, and particularly to the type wherein the trough is supplied with feed from the hopper' having means Jfor icontrolling the liow of the feed into the hopper operated by the chickens.y

An object of theV invention resides in providing av device of the above mentioned character. wherein a. hopper Construction is provided with a pair .of end plates depending below the main body of the hopper, and supported on suitable supporting legs, a trough being provided between the lower ends 'of the end plates for receiving eed adapted to be dispensed yin predetermined quantities from .the hopper controlled/'by chicken operated controlling mechanisms for permitting predetermined amounts of heat 'to be discharged'-rom said hopper into the utrough upon eachv operation of @the Acontrolling means. y

Another objectot the Yinvention resides in providing a .construction 'of `the character alcove mentioned including a pair of end plates -liaving a divided hopper secured between the upper ends thereof provided with inclined bottom 'portions terminating adjacent the central :partition .wall with outlet slots adapted to permit the feed oit material in said'h'opper to a suitable controlling and measuring means adapted lfor governing lthe feed ot material through the slot and into y said measuring means'land the V`discharge thereof fromv the measuring means to a trough mounted between the lower ends .of said end plate, said operating means' ,be-V ing provided for con-trolling theoperation ofing understood, however, that variousminor Changes may be made ,in the constructie@ without departing Vfrom the spirit and scope of the invention as described and 0,1.ti1t1eitv In the drawings villustrating the preferred form of the invention;

Y Figure l is al side elevationof the irnproved feed hopperconstructed aceording to the invention. l i

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view, taken on the Vline 2-2 of Figure-1.

` Figur@ 3 is an ,end elevation .of the banner constructed as illustrated in Figure' l:

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view, taken on the line Y.of Figurefil;`

End plates indicated at l' are mounted in vertical spaced parallelrelation atthe ends .of the hoppersvQ and 3 formed by the inclined bottom plates t connecting the ,end plates'and the hinged cover platee, said chambers being separated b y a xcentral partition wall ,6, extending between .the end plates and arranged in al .substantially -vettfel plane. posite sides .of the end plates l atjtheuppfer side ,portions thereof andwith which the u per outer edges ,of the inclined bottom tot the hoppers are connected. -The llower inner .ends of .the bottom L of said hoppers are formed with depending XItensioiis-'y 8 ,airranged inspaced parallel relation with vre- Side plates 7 also 1connect the op` spect .to the` loiver end portion ,olf the partitio'n wall 6. Eaclibottofm plate ,.4 .of the hopper is slotted asV indicated at 9 Vfor receiving a fastening means l0 lfor adjnstably securing control lpilates -l-l on ythe inner edges of said ,bottom-'plates for controlling the vsize' of the .slots governing the discharge of inaterial from thehoppls; Y

A controlgate l2 .is A,provided for each hopper mounted for swinging movement on a rod '1.3, shown within the end ,plate l, .so that in xone position said gate .will be adapted A.to engage .the plates all, andprevent the discharge oflmaterial through A,the slots Tand outwardly ,of Vthe hop,per,while `in the position shown in Figure' d, the .ma-

terial inl the hopperfis 'free Ito 'discharge vthroughthe slotsextending along the .central partition wall 26 and downwardly between the partition wa-lland the depending extensions l8 on the bottom'plates'ft. Deflector plates 14 are mountedon the lcentra-lf'partition 6 ibelow thedis'charge spout-'srom thejhopper for deiecting thematerials fed therethrough sure gate 15, mounted for swinging movement on rod 16 journaled in the end plate adjacent to end at opposite sides of said partition 6, said closure gates being adapted, in the position shown in Figure 11, to substantially engage the lower end of the depending extensions on the bottom plate 4, for closing the opening between said depending portions 8 and the central partition wall, and"th'ereby preventing the ydischarge 'of feed from the hopper, but permitting the space between the control gate 12 and said 'closuregate to be filled with material, so that the charge contained therein-will subsequently be discharged upon thev proper yoperation of the control gates and the cloping thereon, in a manner which lwill pres- 1 sure gates, in a manner which will be presentlydesc'ribed;

The bottom portions of the end plates 1 ymount av trough 17 adapted to receive the material discharged vfrom said hoppers, Vwhen the closure gates '15 are opened.

Operating pedalsf18 are secured to bars 19 which are pivotally connected at one end with the endY plates 1, so as tomount said bars Vfor swinging movement at the side of the device andadapt vit to be operated 'by the weight of a chicken or other fowl stepently appear. -Each of thepedals is providedv atene `end 'with a bar connection 20 'pivotally` connectedwto one endV of the' weightedv lever 21 mounted. in the central portion for rocking movement on one of thev shafts 16, the lever atfone end beingv r'lnounted onone shaft 16, while the lever at von the other shaft 16. The weights 22 on' 'the'opposite end of the hopper is mounted said'lever21'normally retain the lever in the position shown in Figure 3, so that the pedalsV 18 will beheld' in an upward limit of movement, as illustrated in Figures 3 and- 4. The' rods' 13 extend beyond the end plates 1 and mount levers 23 Aon the ends thereof, withA which are adjustably con- ;the respective sides'ofthehopper withsaid shaftv 13, so -that in the downwardrmovef ment of one ofthe pedals, the levers 21 and 23`controlling the gates 12 and 15 at the' respective side of the casing'will move the gates 12 toclosed position, and the closure gate 15 to open position for permitting the *discharge of material therebetween intor the trough 171.

The operation vof, the pedal l is f' adjusted, so that the weightof the chicken 'for'which the feeder is especially adapted will cause the downward movement thereofV injorder to'permit the discharge of a prerapidity ofthe flow of -materialfrom the' '.hopper's2-l and 3 :into thef respective com- V3-pa'rtments below0 the control' gate 12v lor through the discharge slot. may be consition as illustrated, and hinged along the central portion at the upper edge of the entrai partition 6, so that the same may be positioned in the open and will not be affected by moisturey which will be drained off at thersides of the hopper, the covers permitting the refilling ofthe hoppers when desired.

- From ythe foregoing description,v it should be readily apparent Ythat anV exceedingly simple and novel hopper constructionhas been pro-vided,particularly adapted for feed hoppers lfor chickens and thelike, which v.is efficientY in operation and which will prevent the waste of feed.' ',Whatis claimed is:`A i f Y 1. A device of the'class'described' compris- 'ing end plates arranged in verticall spaced relation, a` vertical partition wall extending vbetween said end plates at thekupper end portions thereof, bottom plates extending between the upper end portions of said end lplates andk cooperating with said central partition to form a pair of hoppers at opposite sides thereof, said bottom plates having depending inner ends arranged in spaced relation to the lowerfend'of said central'par-V tition forming theidischarge for'said'hopper, means for controlling the rate of'dischar e from said 'hoppers, control means for permltting the' intermittent discharge ofl predetermined quantities from each of said hoppers, and independent pedal Yoperated means for operating the control means from'- said hoppers.V Y 2.'A device of the: class described comprising a pair 'of end plates', a central partition connecting said end plates and arranged vin vertical relation at the centralv portion and at the'upper endsv thereof, a pair of in- Y'nected l1nls`24; extending to the pedal at' clined bottom forming plates'positioned between said end plates and'cooperatingwith said partition to forml a pair of hopper compartments therewith, said bottomfplates having'depending extensions on the inner ends thereof 'arranged in spaced parallel relation with the lower edge of said` central partition, ak control gate mountedl forswinging movement adjacent the central partition in each hopper, and adapted to close the slotformed between V'the bottom plate in said i lpartition and prevent the discharge of material from i the hopper, meansv for controllingthe slot formed between the central partition and-the bottom? plate for controlling the discharge of material from the hopper, closure gates mounted for swinging movement Vat the lower edge ofthe end plates landadapted for cooperation with the lower ends Iof the de# pending extensions on the bottom plates, to

prevent the discharge of material from the compartment formed below the control gate and between the central partition and the bottom plate, pedals pivotally mounted at Athe lower ends of the end plates and extending along the sides of the device, a trough mounted in the end plates and between the lower end thereof for receiving material discharged from said hoppers and operating connections between said pedals and the conl trol and closure gates of said hopper for operating said gates to permit the intermittent discharge of a predetermined quantity of material from said hopper into said trough.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

sEIsAKE KARASUDA, 

